School partnerships

Springs – HITA

Responsible: Petra Knott, Thomas Erkert, Daniel Gerlach

Highlights

A total of 2 tranches of toys, volleyballs, other sports equipment and school supplies were handed over to the Springs Preparatory School.

A small office network with printers and photocopiers was set up and handed over.

Project goal

Support for the kindergarten, pre-school and elementary school at Springs Preparatory School with donated toys and teaching materials as well as improvements to the infrastructure. Inclusion of children in Germany.

Overview

The infrastructure of this school must be described as suboptimal. The school is housed in a large former bus stop and is very spartanly equipped. HITA tries to support this school with both material and advisory services. The aim is to sustainably improve the educational opportunities for pupils at this school.

Partner

– Springs Preparatory School, Ho, Ghana
– Chances Foundation, Ho, Ghana

HITA

Tasks:

1. organization and implementation of collection campaigns in Germany
2. Collecting, loading and transporting donations in kind to Ghana and in Ghana
3. Handover and briefing

 

Employees:

  • Rachida Aouad-Tej
  • Petra Knott
  • Thomas Erkert
  • Karsten Gareis
  • Daniel Gerlach

Ghana

Region:

  • Volta Region / Ghana

 

Location:

  • Ho

Short Facts

Project Type:

  • Feasibility study
  • Piloting
  • Implementation project
  • Knowledge transfer
  • Continuous maintenance + further development
  • other

 

Project volume:

  • Less than €10.000,00
  • €10.000,00 – €50.000,00
  • €50.000,00 – €100.00,00
  • €100.000,00 – €250.00,00
  • more than €250.000,00

 

Period:

  • since 2019

 

Status:

  • Idea
  • Exploration
  • Implementation
  • Evaluation
  • Sustainably implemented (in regular use)
  • completed

Report

The project:

Several activities were carried out as part of the partnership. These sub-projects are as follows:
2017: Supporting the school’s sports lessons with volleyballs
2018: Supporting the school’s kindergarten with donations in kind
2018: Supporting the school with learning materials
2019: Supporting the school with the donation and installation of printers and photocopiers
2019: Supporting the school with learning materials
2020: Supporting the school by setting up a small network

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